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Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

THERE would be less complaint made
at the hot weather if people would est
less end drink less. The total amoun1 Of
food needed for repair, for growth and
for working is much less than is general
ly imagined, and it requires, of course,
much less food in summer to keep the
temperature Of the body at its normal
condition than in winter. Some wise
physician said that one-fourth OF what
We eat keeps US, the other three fourths
we keep at the peril OF our lives. Eat
less and drink less, and you viii suffer
less from heat.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14
Ledbettsr Arrested,

Special to the Gazette,
GAINESVILLE, TEX, July l3.-George
Ledbetter, the man who shot his brother
in-Iaw, Frank Wilson, in the Indian Ter
rltory last Sunday, YVES arrested in the
TerrItorylast night and lodged in jsil.
here. lie will be taken to Sherman in s
day or so for an examining trial before
United States Commissioner Ricketts,.
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Eeai.taloeS Jg draft, pCSt9f7ce money cTder or
G g-syistcYed letter, at gist 81 ONCE,
Correspondence IS solicited upon all neac5 SUB
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tvFstaer oI Business or Or publication should De
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Should bc atuds gGgG5Le 10 5he DEMOCRAT PUB
LISTING Co.
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THE sen Of Henry Ward Beecher, for
merly Collector of Customs and now
Treasury agent at Port Townsend, seems
to have gone wrong. he is charged
with deirauding the government on the
one hand and the informers on the other.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

THE San Antonio Express, which boldly
afirms its right to bolt Democratic nom
nations, Is now high priest in the
Democratic synagogue as erected By
Wade and Cochran. THE GAZETTE re-
fuses to have its Democracy measured
by the Express. THE GAZETTE supports
the nominees of its party; THE GAZETTE
claims that Mr.. Mills advocacy Of
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

TIE Chinese problem is solving itself.
Mr.. One Two Three, late of China and .
graduate Of an eastern college, has just
married a wealthy American heiress
named Miss Jerome. BY the way, does
this not make Colonel One Two Three g
brother-in-Iaw to Lord Randolph Church
5l1Z
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

THERE will be music for the million in
Fort Worth on the goth inst. The com
mittee on music advertise that ten brass
bands viii appear in the parade. For:
Worth is the convention center.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

expected that the Dominion government
will declare the project illegal. If this
is done secession will follow.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

WRITING foolish letters and signing
ex-President Davis name to them seems
TO be thriving industry just now.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

GEORGIA has been asked to pay 3d.
100000 for railroad cars. 1t will take
many Il watermelon to foot this bill.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

TIE ants are making preparations
10 entertain 10000 visitors on the 2Gth,
and say they will have them here on that
dev
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

WHY can't the Dallas Times and Waco
Examiner aid THE GAZETTE in booming
the big anti state rally on the 26th.
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WANTED AGENTS

XET ANTED-General agent 10 banda II
w llams' cOppeIpIate- rrsp of tie H.
states, 1leXigoy etc, size 65S55 gt-.s 81
SMITH q CO., ~ South Sixth street, P5.
pfria, Pa.
WTANTED-Ewo good. I've gaas.gge 4
~ vassGrs to represent Tie asssJl -
Benevolent AssOCls bi9ITs-0l' sslary or
sion; must he Master Mason ID -11l 81
ing. Apply 20 Masonic ilutua. HJl...
sbcigtIOn. cor. second and Main SIS.
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WHENEVER prince attempts to mount
the Bulgarian throne the Gar catches
him by the coat tails and pulls him back.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

THE people OF Manitoea want railroad
connection with the United States and
have commenced building road. It is
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

RMLRoADs TO Fort Worth are becom-
ing so numerous that our people cannot
keep up with them.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

THE San Antonio eggs are said TO be
stronger than those OF Dallas, but then,
the Alamo city is the oldest town.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

THE Observation-Disclosures will meet in
grand state rally s.. Fort Worth on the
10Th inst
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"a BUNDLE bee sheet with patent en-
trails" Is now Nose Harris refers to an
esteemed contemporary.
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FOR sALE-LIYE STOCK,

u EaISTERED Jersey bats, richly 5!sI,,
IL Jining blood OF the most noted fl .
the he'd DO Ks: splendid iudivitua.- I'd
and irgt ready for service; VIII he 81 Jas
to twelve months tlme, approved plusy NJ
demere Stock Farm john q, Jamss. Pu-
ctOr, Wichita Fal S, Tex
TATTLEMEA-I have for sule thirty a--5
1.-TWO year Old grade Durham bulls. II
seven u nine crosses. ". a. N-.
Wichita FallS. Tex.
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TIE morals Of the Dallas youth seem
10 be as muddy as the water he drinks.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14

IT was DELAYED for few days but the
cricis IN the French ministry has arrived
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WANTED s1ALE HELr-

NRTAN fEU-3UO men on extension S9s.
w Worth and Denver City Rallwg- >
men, Transfers and seEaUer holders H.
1Or 5pi6ers and iron men 8 90 per Isr -.. Il
81. "a per day, tcamstegs $500 per MOI
bOard. Apply n QuanGh, Tex 20 S. y.-~
out on the work 20 ID Carey.
WANTED-lOJ good teams anf 49,
w live laGOrer5, rock men aiT3 'Eara.s-
Crs, on extension Fort Worth and E.j -.
halfway ApplytO J. =. Hughes. c1-.-.c
on the TorRs. three miles west uf F--- A..
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HARRINGTON should have Pulitzer az
rested as an Irish suspect.
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liz. BLAINE should label himself so as
people may know him.
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GLADSTONE seems 10 have lost none Of
his youthful viCOr.
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M -srbEcri5ers Wishing their address
changed from one pOetOlUcs &c another. must
Elve thcoIl address is well &c tho new, or the
change cannot hc made.
Al Po5tmastcrs IN the state are authorized
20 take subscriptions 10 TIM GAZETTE
LIBERAL COMMISSIONS ALLOWED.
sample copies sent on application
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THE GAZETTE has tbs largest
bona-hde Circulation Of any Daily
Newspaper published in Texas.
ADVE.Il-EI@KrsG RATES.

DAILY EUlTIOy-l Seven issues a week.
NouuarciL type, j. lines to ar inch, and about
seven > words 10 lhe line,
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SITUATION HANrED-.!,II-

WANTED-To work part Of lie ----
w board till steady empl0ym.r, .--
found, 10y a prlcueql engineer. Eas..'.s
given. Address. c ; l., Fort Worn. tn Il
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RATES or SUBSCRIPTION.

lPostage Prepaid By the P'S5Eshsrs)
Daily Weekly.
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SPECIAL NOTICES,
Val Verde County Court H0ut

Under instructions from the COunt7 y
sioners' couEt Of Val Verde Count
signed hereB1jnviJes plans and
for courthouse. for said county, the =
TO cost not leSa than S. 900 nor y
S35, 600. and to be'es atone or brick; i 81
to have stone trimmings and IOUnta.--.--
county al Del RI&bn tiis.14lh day o. J---!!.
1851. The court H1eseTvess the rlgl-
any or all plans or specifications.
County Judge Val Verde W
Del Rio, June Is, lSo7.-r
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PBDFESsEgEAL,

HODGES y RALKEIi, AttoYney. g. n
IA Montague, Texas. Special StEQdtl5.rs
20 land and commercial ltISat.o
ERYOCD, FISHAE 2 EC2D, h!.5r-.Ij
w Law. S8R Marcos. Texas
- OBERT A. ROGERS,
IL Attorney and Counselor AZ lev.
Up Ssaifs, Opposite the Pesos
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INFORM >TIO& WANTED-Any01s .-H
I ing information leading 10 JTe re-
the following cattle Will he SUITABLY ra'--
qB on side; ION hip ana thigh; ST on s.@.
on eide. hip or thigh; EP with hal clr,k
both on size. w. \. McOutcHcf- if!cG'. 4
Tex.
$50 WORTH f % 4ae mailed. %. "a
for % cen 8. Lists showing e0hgsrJs ni-s
application, Max Eiser, Fort WORT.
EETA&EEu-Egerybody to call So O. D. (
w wards Music S.cre, 5Os Houston. %.
those fine pianos.
A RTESIAN BArB HOUSE seEuTzi = Z.
"A water, eighty gs9IoRs per mir-'s =
rsinwate.-White sulphur, nlagnc e. ~
the beEt bathing WaFer IN the state. =
used RgatHot Springs, drunk he. Tli.ts- :,
Ing. Single tickets, % cents; ave 49,
Markle 4 Heymaker, pTOpZiesor5i l'.-
corner public square.
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TENNESSEE has her peniteGtiary scan"
igl also.
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WTANTED-A middle -sged .houseESs--
w DO general house work Snd .4ss =.
three small chiidreH, fhe vounge- t--
old. Liberal waves paid 10 the right s-:S
person. apply for fGriher information
Dera BTOs.' store.
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-. 1EFfN TKADEs.

4 - AZ SAESa
eral' Boot and saya .;,
w Apply 10 Walker 4 Keith ,Quecul.gI.
nerv Fort Worth
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WANTED-EEaIALE HELP

+ OST-A bunch of keys. ---4frsEIFe- -
II Will be paid t9saSSer8 returning ~
Jessie Reeges,
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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-03
MINERS PERIIs.
Three Hundred Of Them Caught In
Shaft
Into which . Lake suddenly Pours Its Wa
ters--Luckily All Escape.

NANTrcoKE, Pa, Aug. 25.-Terrible ex-
citement was caused this morning in tho
fatal No. shaft at this place by the break
ing away Of earth barriers that separated
worked out portion OF the colliery from
the chambers where mining is In progress,
and the sudden precipitation of large
body Of water into a gangway where over
three hundred miners were at work. For
long time past huge subtcrrsnean
reservoir has been forming, containing
millions OF gallons OF water. This
underground lake was $40 feet below
the surface. The chamber where the
men were ut work was $50 feet further
down, and about the same distance from
the mined galleries. The first intimation
the men had that the mine was being
flooded was the sudden appearance Of
water in the chambers. AS it increased in
depth many hurredly quit work and
rushed to the bottom Of the shaft. By this
time regular exodus from all parts of
the colliery set in, the miners wading
through water breast high before the
last OF them got out. The work of
rescuing the men was proceeded with
promptly, the steam carriage taking up
twenty at O time. All sorts Of runners
were set adrift, and the mouth Of the
mine was crowded with anxious women
and children, exhibiting tho usual alarm
and frantic demonstrations. Luckily, all
were taken out safely. Ninety mules
perishcd. Work will be suspended for an
indefinate period, us the water Is still
running in. Had the earth tissure been
wide enough to admit the whole volume
of water at once not man would have
been saved,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-03
SPICY COM MENTs.

No Democratic candidate should
pay any attention to the Republican
effort to fight the war over. Cincia-
natl Enquirer.
A Republican leader in New
York declares that his party in that
State must be "disinfectsd." There
are various ways to do it. Burial is the
bcst.-AKa California.
1t is base ingratitude for work.
ing-man to fail to vote the Democratic
ticket. The Democratic party has al
ways fought his battle, and is fighting
it tyet.-Louisville Courier-Jour,sal.
--Governor Foraker, of Ohio, the
young Republican roaring bull, is a
hypocrite. After abusing President
Cleveland without stint. in and before
the Ohio Republican Convention. he
now volunteers letter inviting him to
that State on his Western tour. Y
Telegram.
1t appears thatJ. NJ. Tuttlc, VIII,
was anxious to insult the President Mt
ST. Louis, on one occasion borrowed
$40, 600 when he was in the hog busi-
ness. and was hog enough to swindle
his friends out Of $S5, 900. No wonder
he left the Democratic party and Joined
the Republican party.-Indianapolis
Sentinel.
blaine has done many foolish
things in politics, but he isn't fool
enough to rush home because Sherman
has captured single outpost that
Blaine will get when he needs It. II
Blaine wants Ohio next year. no will
either get 1t or he will give it to Shpr-
man with such u cluster Of prickly
thorns protrnding from tho rose thai
Sherman won't be able TO handle it,
Fhi!Gdeiphia Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-03
PLUCKY DEED
OF . Handsome Kentucky Woman In
South Carolina.

OF Handsome kentucky Woman in
South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, s. C., Aug. 25.-1nformation
received here is to the effect that u few
days ago the Assistant Superintendent
and Roadmaster of the Northwestern
Railroad, accompanied by the sheriff Of
Williamsburg County, with material
train and force OF hands, proceeded up a
tram road owned by I. c. Willoughby,
large planter, lumberman and manu-
facturer, and began at the extreme end
OF the road, tearing up and loading
tho rails which were rented to Mr.. Will
loughby and about which there had
been dispute. Mr.. Willoughby was alb
sent in Philadelphia. In the evening when
the train was loaded and ready to run on
the main track Mrs. Willoughby, hand
some Kentucky woman, took position on
the road in front of the engine and refused
to allow the train to pass out A sofa and
rocking chair were there, and she ''held
the fort" all night, and declared she would
remain there until her husband returned.
The railroad attorney arrived and at
tempted, unsuccessfully, to make the wo.
man vacate. Mrs. Willoughby employed
lawyers, but no settlement could be ar
rived at. On the evening Of the second
day the railroad attorney ordered the train
to run out at any cost. Mrs. Willoughby
had armed herself with a sixteen shooting
rife, and as the train came down upon
her, instead of moving, she covered tho
engineer with rifle, and ordered him to
halt, which he did without second Or
der. Here the train, superintendent
and hands remained until compromise
satisfactory to Mrs. Willoughby was
agreed to.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-03
EPIDEMIC AMONG FISH.
Banks of Streams In Illinois and WlscoI
sin Heaped With the Dead.

Banks of Streams in Illinois and Wiscon-
sin Heaped With the Dead.
GALENA, ILL.,, Aug. 26.-Within the past
two or three days the fish in many of the
streams in this section have died by
the million, and the few that
are left are rapidly following suit.
The banks of the Galena river and
branches are lined with dead fish Of all
sizes and varieties from the tiny minnow
to the mammoth cat and sturgeon. At
Buncombe, Wis, few miles from this
place, dead fish are so numerous on the
banks that the stencil arising from them is
almost unbearable. At Lancaster, Wis,
the scene OH the river bank beggars de-
scription, upward Of fifty wagon loads
Of dead fish being in sight. There are
numerous theories afioat as to the
cause. One is that the recent rains have
riled the water with mud, SO that the fish
have been unable to breathe, and strug-
Cling to the surface for air, have died.
Another is that during the dry, hot sum-
mer, the valleys and marshes above were
filled with some poisonous growth that,
with the recent floods, was carried into
the streams and poisoned the water.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-03
CONQUERED.
Going Through the Treacherous
Rapids in a Boat.
Perilous Trip Made by the Inventor OF q
Graft Calculated to Rob Turbulent Seas
Of Their Terror.

BUFFALO, N, Y, Aug. CSC. A. Percy, q
wagon maker of Suspension Bridge, went
through the Niagara rapids this afternoon
In life.savng apparatus resembling
life-boat. The trip was attended with
much danger, chief Of which was the likeli-
hood Of the craft being destroyed by sunk
en- rocks. Large crowds along the banks
Of the gorge saw the experiment. Percy's
invention is seventeen feet long and near
ly five feet wide, Is shaped likoa surf-boat
and covered with waterproof canvas. The
keel is weighted with three hundred
pounds Of iron plate and strongly ribbed.
The whole weight Is nine hundred
pounds. AT each end is an air chamber
six and half feet long, and between
them is another space four feet long,
which can be utilized to carry passengers;
provision Is made for using oars. These
chambers can be imperviously closed, and
the only trouble seems to be the air sup
ply. Percy claims that his invention is
self-righting, self-bailing and perfectly
safe in heavy sea- His idea Of
testing it in the whirlpool and rapids
was to demonstrate these quail
ties and make money by exhibiting
it subsequently in the gorge. The start
was made from the old Maid of the Mist
landing from which all the barrel naviga-
tors have left. Percy changed his attire,
fixed up drag consisting of a thirty
pound weight and ten-foot line, and then
rowed out toward the Canadian shore.
The under-current had no effect on the
drag. At half-past three Percy pulled in
his oars, and as the boat drifted rapidly
toward the whirlpool rapids, entered
the rear air chamber. AT twenty-five
minutes Of four o'clock the boat passed
under the bridge. 1t was tossed about
in the big breakers, as the barrels had
been, but behaved better. 1t was fire.
quently out of sight, and was turned about
by the counter currents, but never rolled
over AS it neared the Whirlpool Rapids
Percy put his head out, but drew it back
in time to avoid the shock Of the last
breaker. This was the worst one of the
lot, and Percy had been deceived by the
lull in the torrent. just before it the
ment, but turned up safely in the
maelstrom. 1t did not circle around, but
was carried toward the Canadian shore.
Percy again emerged from the air cham
ber. He had been sufficiently shaken up,
and seeing chance to row ashore with
out encountering the DEVILS Rapids, he
did SO, landing at Colts elevator twenty
minutes after he had struck the first
breakers. Only five minutes were spent
in the rapids. Percy was none the worse
for his trip.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-03
Bill kls.ana,. sxpsrisnce outdons.

FoRr WORM, TEX, Aug. A.-Campbell
Langley, the father Of the once notorious
and not yet forgotten Bill Langley, living
in Bell County, Tex, says that his son,
who was publicly hanged twelve years
ago in Giddings, Lee County, by Sheriff
Jim Brown, in the presence of several
thousand people, was not hurt
at all, but was allowed to escape;
that the friends of Bill were per-
mittcd to arrange things SO that
when the drop fell the weight of the body
fell upon an iron hoop, supported by an
appropriate body harness. The coffin,
which was actually buried, contained
nothing but stones. While the last sad
rites were being pronounced Bill Langley
was we'll on his way out Of the country.
He has been living since his supposed ex-
ecution in Nicaragua, where he is lead
ing citizen, and one of the largest owners
and cattle herders in Central America.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-09-03
NEGRO SUFFRAGE.
Why 1t Is a Thorn Ia tho Flesh OF Re-
publican DemayoEues.

Why 1t Is a Thorn ia tho Flesh OF Re-
publican Demagogues.
The Sherman Foraker racket in Ohio
is attracting so much attention among
the collar-button Republicans of the
East that it is not going out of the
way to say that these two lively partl-
sans have struck the keynote of the
next Republican campaign. The re-
marks of these men are taken up by
the Philadelphia Bulletin. which, in a
general way, is mild newspaper
Referring to the votes of the negro
Mt the South, the Bulletin remarks that
"by virtue of the existence of these
votes, the Democrats hold thirty-eight
seats in the electoral college and
about twenty-four seats in Congress.
To this sad announcement the Bulletin
adds this heartrending reflection:
mo thoughtful man can contemplate this
vast power which Southern politicians possess
without concern. twill be one of the most in
teresting questions OF the future how the South
can be compelled to abandon this advantage
and how this inert, ignorant and helpless popu
lation can be made IN active, intelligent nnd
untrammcled force In exercising the right Of
franchise"
1t is n pity that the Republicans
should be compelled to chew this bit
ter cud, but chew it they must. RAM
pant Republicans like the editor of the
Bulletin should have thought of these
things before. We submit that 1t is q
little late in the day for Republican
partisans TO be inquiring in public how
the "inert. helpless and ignorant
negro voters "can be made an active,
intelligent and untrammcled force in
exercising the right Of franchise.
This momentous question should
have been asked when the proposition
to confer the privileges of suffrage OH
tho negro was debatable. This propo
sitiOn is no longer debatable. The
negroes have the privileges of tho bal,
lot, and, in the South, they are moi
exercising it in the interest Of the Re
publican party. This Is where tho
shoe pinches, This is where the trouble
arises.
What is the rcnaedyG Well. tits per